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28 <br /> POTENTIAL BENEFITS: CRIMINAL JUSTICE. <br /> Orange County Diversion and Harm Reduction Programs. The recommended Facility is aligned with Orange County's Commitment to <br /> diversions from criminal justice especially for individuals whose encounter with the criminal justice system is due to an underlying BH issue. <br /> The Facility will work with and enhance several programs: <br /> Adult Pre-Arrest Diversion (OC PAD) <br /> Pretrial Release <br /> Drug Treatment and Community Resource Courts <br /> Street Outreach, Harm Reduction and Deflection Program (SOHRAD). <br /> Detention Center/OCSO. <br /> Aligns with Stepping up Milestones. Provides criminal justice stakeholders an alternative for treating individuals with BH concerns in an <br /> appropriate setting instead of jail. Aligns with Orange County Detention Center Stepping Up milestones by treating individual outside of <br /> jail setting. <br /> Provides Least Restrictive Setting. Provides least restrictive setting for crisis care in a calming environment with case managers and <br /> peer specialists that can safely engage the individual in crisis. Individuals in custody are not transferred to other distant facilities nor <br /> require additional staff be brought in. Facility will supplement/coordinate with jail-based mental health and substance use programming. <br /> Aligns with New Detention Center. Supports new programming in Orange County's new Detention Center. Also provides alternative <br /> destination for individuals in custody who are in need of BH services thus eliminating burden on OCSO to remain at hospital. <br /> Courts/magistrate. — Supports mental health/treatment courts and provides criminal justice stakeholders ready access to assessment <br /> services thus avoiding extending custody because individuals can receive crisis care in Crisis/Diversion Facility or treatment in appropriate <br /> community treatment facility; provides immediate access to crisis services for justice-involved individuals who are not incarcerated, but <br /> present to court with BH crisis; and provides Magistrate with resources to explore options for individuals in a BH crisis in lieu of CJ or jail. 26 <br />